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Document Type
Book
Description
Lyrics of Lowly Life contains primarily works from Dunbar's two previous books, Oak and Ivy and Majors and Minors. The book was supported financially by Henry A. Tobey and Charles A. Thatcher, two gentlemen from Toledo, Ohio, who had also assisted with the funding of Majors and Minors. The book also contained an important introduction, written by William Dean Howells. The success of this book prompted Dunbar to travel on a six-month reading tour of England.
Publication Date
1896
Publisher
Dodd, Mead and Company
Keywords
African Americans--Poetry; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906
Disciplines
American Literature | Arts and Humanities | English Language and Literature | Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority | Poetry
Repository Citation
Dunbar , P. L. (1896). Lyrics of Lowly Life. : Dodd, Mead and Company.
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American Literature Commons, Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority Commons, Poetry Commons